Animation studio Future Deluxe and music/sound house Squeak E. Clean studios teamed on this tech-savvy and mystery-laden spot to help the Samsung Galaxy explode onto the scene ahead of its annual
This “Unpacked: Break the rules of what’s possible” piece came out of agencies Publicis Groupe/Leo Burnett/The Community/Le Truc.
Client Samsung Agency Publicis Groupe/Leo Burnett/The Community/Le Truc Bastien Baumann, chief creative officer/co-founder, Le Truc; Josh Horn, SVP, executive creative director; Paz Molina, Chris Mendez, associate creative directors; Aubrey Estes, associate copywriter; Hannah Berling, associate art director; Ed Tsue, EVP, global chief strategy officer; John Connell, Lisha Kopper, strategy directors; Cheherazade Patel, VP, executive producer; Natalie Dahl, producer; Julie Lewandowski, production manager. Animation Future Deluxe Caleigh Illerbrun, head of production; Svet Lapcheva, exec producer; Ellis Garrod, producer; Ben & Marcus, creatives. Post/Finishing Framestore. Music/Sound Squeak E. Clean Studios, bicoastal & Chicago Chris Clark, executive creative producer; Julie Nichols, creative director; Matthew Compton, Nick Keenan, Zach Henderson, composers; Surachai Sutthisasanakul, sound designer; Ben Abud, assistant sound designer. Audio Post Squeak E. Clean Studios, bicoastal & Chicago Surachai Sutthisasanakul, mixer; Angelina Phengphong, sr. post producer.
Following World AIDS Day, which was celebrated on December 1, co-production companies Central Films and Freelance For track one man’s existential, and potentially career-altering, decision to “come out” as living with HIV in Spain in this public service spot titled “The HInVisible Celebrity.”
Out of agency Señora Rushmore for ViiV Healthcare Spain, in collaboration with GESIDA, SEISIDA, and Apoyo Positivo, the PSA--directed by Rodrigo García Sáiz via Central Films Spain--addresses the stigma against publicly living with HIV in Spanish society. In the more than 40 years since the first case of HIV appeared in Spain, no public figure in Spain has claimed to have HIV. Viiv Healthcare Spain asks, if there are 150,000 people with HIV in Spain (or approximately 1 in 300), why don’t we know anyone with HIV?
The central character, who dons a mask of television-pixelated anonymity, gives himself an introspective pep-talk ahead of announcing his status to the Spanish public. Along the way, he wonders what will become of his career, and reputation in general, even as he recognizes that his declaration could change Spain’s cultural landscape for the better and for all of those in Spain who live with HIV every day. As no public figure in Spain has ever announced living with HIV--due to fear of public rejection--this character realizes that such a role model could change that.
The character has already begun building social media awareness with his Instagram profile, @famosoinvihsible, which began cataloging his life as a public figure earlier this fall. Still, though, the figure either leaves himself out of the picture, faces away from the camera, or dons the pixelated mask associated with anonymous admission. “The HInVisible... Read More
